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Toy Pistol.

No. 238,596. Patented March 8,1881.

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WITNESSES:

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HENRY KLASSERT, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

OY PISTOL.

8PEGIFICA 'IION formingpart o Letters Patent. lo:238,596,. datedMarchlie lfifil,

Application filed June 23,1830. .(No model.) I

a removable side, in which frame the trigger and hammer are mounted onthe same pintle, the hammer having. a forked lever pivoted thereto insuch a manner that when the pistol is cooked the said forked leverrotates a friction-wheel around which a percussion-tape passes, wherebythe length of one cap is unwound from the percussiontape roll in thepistol and is fed upon a plate, upon which thehammer strikes when thetrigger is drawn, thereby exploding said cap. s

In the'accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectionalelevation of my improved toy pistol. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of thesame. tion-whecl as it is held in the pistol. Fig.4

is a side elevation of the forked lever. Fig. 5

is a side elevation of the hammer and pivoted fork. Fig.6 is a sideelevatiou of the trigger.

Fig. 7 is an end view, in elevation, showing the relative position ofthespring, the barrel,

and the projection of the removableside piece.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The pistol-frame A is constructed with a hollow handle, B, containingthemainspring O, and with a chamber, 1), provided with a removable side, E,which is held to the pistol by means of a dovetailed tenon, a, and aspring, F, embracing the barrel G, and the frontfcurved orsemi-cylindrical part, b, of the removable side E. The chamber Dcontains a roll, H, of percussion-tape, I, held by a pin, 0, passingthrough the center of said roll, and also contains a small wheel orroller, J, covered with rubber or. like material on the pc- 50 riphery,and provided with a series of laterallyprojecting studs,d d, on oneside, Which wheel J is pivoted in the sides of the chamber D by Fig. 3is a top view of the fricmeans of a central pin, f. The percussiontapeI. passes from the roll H to the friction-wheel J, partially around thesame. and passes out of the chamber D through a slot,

K, in the top ot'the same. The hammer L and the trigger M are bothpivoted by one and the same pintle, N, the upper part of the trigger Mfitting into a corresponding recess, 6o 0, in the side of the lower partof the hammer L.- A fork, P, is pivoted to' the hammer L by means of thep intle g, in such a manner that the prongs of the fork engage oueofthestuds 01 dot the wheel J when the pistol is being cocked. The sideot'the hammer to which the fork P is'pivoted is provided witha-suih ablerecessed part, as shown in Fig. 5, and

with two laterally-projeoting studs, 11 1), holding a veryfine spring,Q,which' presses against the rear end of the fork P, as shownin-Fig:5.-,- so as to push the fork into its proper positionthat is,with its edge 1 resting againstthe shoulders of the hammer after thefiring ot' the pistol. The opposite side of the hammer, 7 5- into whichthe upper part of the trigger tits,

is provided with a laterally-projecting stud, R, at the lowerend,against which stud the mainspring 0 presses, and against which thetrigger is pressed in firing the pistol. i

The operation is as follows: The percussion-tape I having been placedinto thechamher D, passed partially around the roller or wheel J andthrough the slot K, the pistol is ready for firing. The hammer M isdrawn. back in the direction of the arrow w, and thereby its lower endand the stud 'R move in. the direction of the arrow 3 the stud It passing to the end ofthe mainspringfl, and is held. in this position by thesaid springtime the on pressure of'the, end of the spring is exerted ona line running to the center of the pintleN; but by drawing the hammerback in the direction of tlie arrow to theshoulder s of the hammer haspressed against the upper edge, 5 1', of the fork P, causing the fork torotate with the hammer. The fork engages with oneof the studs d d of thewheel J, and rotates said wheel in the direction of the arrow 2',thereby}. unwinding the tape I the length of one cap and feeding saidcap upon the 'plate'in front of the slot K. The studs (1 d on the wheelJ must be so arranged that one cap only is fed: for every engagement ofthe forkv P with one A at Ell'ilit:

g 1 easmm of the said studs d d. If the trigger M is new pullediirfiorees the stud R back from the end of the spring 0, and as thepressure of said spring is then not exerted on a radial line the saidspring; forces he rear end of the hammer upward and the front enddownward upon the cap in front or" the slot K, thereby explodingsaid-cap As soon as the hammer descends the spring Q forces the rear endof the fork P against bile shouider s again.

Having time described my invention, what I claim as new, and desirecoseeu're by Letters Patent, is-- V V 7 1. In a toy pistol the cembination with the frame A, constructed with a ehamber,D, of

HENRY KLASSER'IL Witnesses P TER Moreno err,

GEORGE GEHER. 7

